https://padlet.com/rfollero1/rfollero1 Why is it okay to be racist? en-us 2018-12-11 16:43:47 UTC 2024-10-15 22:06:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png rfollero1 https://padlet.com/rfollero1/rfollero1/wish/313493307 Definition: prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.]]> 2018-12-11 16:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rfollero1/rfollero1/wish/313493307 rfollero1 https://padlet.com/rfollero1/rfollero1/wish/313498919 The history of African-Americans begins with slavery, as white European settlers first brought Africans to the continent to serve as slaves. The fate of slaves in the United States would divide the nation during the Civil War. And after the war, the racist legacy of slavery would persist, spurring movements of resistance, including the Underground Railroad, the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Selma to Montgomery March. Through it all, black leaders, artists and writers would emerge and help shape the character and identity of a nation.]]> 2018-12-11 16:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rfollero1/rfollero1/wish/313498919 rfollero1 https://padlet.com/rfollero1/rfollero1/wish/313501568 -Speaking up against racism
-Ask an open-ended question
-Stay safe folks!]]> 2018-12-11 17:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rfollero1/rfollero1/wish/313501568 rfollero1 https://padlet.com/rfollero1/rfollero1/wish/313502667 -African-Americans comprise only 13% of the U.S. population and 14% of the monthly drug users, but are 37% of the people arrested for drug-related offenses in America.
-After being arrested, African-Americans are 33% more likely than whites to be detained while facing a felony trial in New York.
-In 2010, the U.S. Sentencing Commission reported that African Americans receive 10% longer sentences than whites through the federal system for the same crimes.
-In 2012, 51% of Americans expressed anti-black sentiments in a poll; a 3% increase from 2008.
-The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics concluded that an African American male born in 2001 has a 32% chance of going to jail in his lifetime, while a Latino male has a 17% chance, and a white male only has a 6% chance.

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